Baruch 4
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
King James Version with Apocrypha
1[Hic liber mandatorum Dei, et lex quæ est in æternum: omnes qui tenent eam pervenient ad vitam: qui autem dereliquerunt eam, in mortem.
1This is the book of the commandments of God, and the law that endureth for ever: all they that keep it shall come to life; but such as leave it shall die.
2Convertere, Jacob, et apprehende eam: ambula per viam ad splendorem ejus contra lumen ejus.
2Turn thee, O Jacob, and take hold of it: walk in the presence of the light thereof, that thou mayest be illuminated.
3Ne tradas alteri gloriam tuam, et dignitatem tuam genti alienæ.
3Give not thine honour to another, nor the things that are profitable unto thee to a strange nation.
4Beati sumus, Israël, quia quæ Deo placent manifesta sunt nobis.]
4O Israel, happy are we: for things that are pleasing to God are made known unto us.
5[Animæquior esto, populus Dei, memorabilis Israël:
5Be of good cheer, my people, the memorial of Israel.
6venundati estis gentibus non in perditionem: sed propter quod in ira ad iracundiam provocastis Deum, traditi estis adversariis.
6Ye were sold to the nations, not for your destruction: but because ye moved God to wrath, ye were delivered unto the enemies.
7Exacerbastis enim eum qui fecit vos, Deum æternum, immolantes dæmoniis, et non Deo.
7For ye provoked him that made you by sacrificing unto devils, and not to God.
8Obliti enim estis Deum qui nutrivit vos, et contristastis nutricem vestram Jerusalem.
8Ye have forgotten the everlasting God, that brought you up; and ye have grieved Jerusalem, that nursed you.
9Vidit enim iracundiam a Deo venientem vobis, et dixit: Audite, confines Sion: adduxit enim mihi Deus luctum magnum.
9For when she saw the wrath of God coming upon you, she said, Hearken, O ye that dwell about Sion: God hath brought upon me great mourning;
10Vidi enim captivitatem populi mei, filiorum meorum et filiarum, quam superduxit illis Æternus.
10For I saw the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting brought upon them.
11Nutrivi enim illos cum jucunditate; dimisi autem illos cum fletu et luctu.
11With joy did I nourish them; but sent them away with weeping and mourning.
12Nemo gaudeat super me viduam et desolatam: a multis derelicta sum propter peccata filiorum meorum, quia declinaverunt a lege Dei.
12Let no man rejoice over me, a widow, and forsaken of many, who for the sins of my children am left desolate; because they departed from the law of God.
13Justitias autem ipsius nescierunt, nec ambulaverunt per vias mandatorum Dei, neque per semitas veritatis ejus cum justitia ingressi sunt.
13They knew not his statutes, nor walked in the ways of his commandments, nor trod in the paths of discipline in his righteousness.
14Veniant confines Sion, et memorentur captivitatem filiorum et filiarum mearum, quam superduxit illis Æternus.
14Let them that dwell about Sion come, and remember ye the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting hath brought upon them.
15Adduxit enim super illos gentem de longinquo, gentem improbam, et alterius linguæ,
15For he hath brought a nation upon them from far, a shameless nation, and of a strange language, who neither reverenced old man, nor pitied child.
16qui non sunt reveriti senem, neque puerorum miserti sunt, et abduxerunt dilectos viduæ, et a filiis unicam desolaverunt.
16These have carried away the dear beloved children of the widow, and left her that was alone desolate without daughters.
17Ego autem, quid possum adjuvare vos?
17But what can I help you?
18qui enim adduxit super vos mala, ipse vos eripiet de manibus inimicorum vestrorum.
18For he that brought these plagues upon you will deliver you from the hands of your enemies.
19Ambulate, filii, ambulate: ego enim derelicta sum sola.
19Go your way, O my children, go your way: for I am left desolate.
20Exui me stola pacis, indui autem me sacco obsecrationis, et clamabo ad Altissimum in diebus meis.
20I have put off the clothing of peace, and put upon me the sackcloth of my prayer: I will cry unto the Everlasting in my days.
21Animæquiores estote, filii; clamate ad Dominum, et eripiet vos de manu principum inimicorum.
21Be of good cheer, O my children, cry unto the Lord, and he will deliver you from the power and hand of the enemies.
22Ego enim speravi in æternum salutem vestram, et venit mihi gaudium a Sancto, super misericordia quæ veniet vobis ab æterno salutari nostro.
22For my hope is in the Everlasting, that he will save you; and joy is come unto me from the Holy One, because of the mercy which shall soon come unto you from the Everlasting our Saviour.
23Emisi enim vos cum luctu et ploratu: reducet autem vos mihi Dominus cum gaudio et jucunditate in sempiternum.
23For I sent you out with mourning and weeping: but God will give you to me again with joy and gladness for ever.
24Sicut enim viderunt vicinæ Sion captivitatem vestram a Deo, sic videbunt et in celeritate salutem vestram a Deo, quæ superveniet vobis cum honore magno et splendore æterno.
24Like as now the neighbours of Sion have seen your captivity: so shall they see shortly your salvation from our God which shall come upon you with great glory, and brightness of the Everlasting.
25Filii, patienter sustinete iram quæ supervenit vobis: persecutus est enim te inimicus tuus: sed cito videbis perditionem ipsius, et super cervices ipsius ascendes.
25My children, suffer patiently the wrath that is come upon you from God: for thine enemy hath persecuted thee; but shortly thou shalt see his destruction, and shalt tread upon his neck.
26Delicati mei ambulaverunt vias asperas: ducti sunt enim ut grex direptus ab inimicis.
26My delicate ones have gone rough ways, and were taken away as a flock caught of the enemies.
27Animæquiores estote, filii, et proclamate ad Dominum: erit enim memoria vestra ab eo qui duxit vos.
27Be of good comfort, O my children, and cry unto God: for ye shall be remembered of him that brought these things upon you.
28Sicut enim fuit sensus vester ut erraretis a Deo, decies tantum iterum convertentes requiretis eum:
28For as it was your mind to go astray from God: so, being returned, seek him ten times more.
29qui enim induxit vobis mala, ipse rursum adducet vobis sempiternam jucunditatem cum salute vestra.]
29For he that hath brought these plagues upon you shall bring you everlasting joy with your salvation.
30[Animæquior esto, Jerusalem: exhortatur enim te, qui te nominavit.
30Take a good heart, O Jerusalem: for he that gave thee that name will comfort thee.
31Nocentes peribunt, qui te vexaverunt: et qui gratulati sunt in tua ruina, punientur.
31Miserable are they that afflicted thee, and rejoiced at thy fall.
32Civitates quibus servierunt filii tui, punientur, et quæ accepit filios tuos.
32Miserable are the cities which thy children served: miserable is she that received thy sons.
33Sicut enim gavisa est in tua ruina, et lætata est in casu tuo, sic contristabitur in sua desolatione,
33For as she rejoiced at thy ruin, and was glad of thy fall: so shall she be grieved for her own desolation.
34et amputabitur exsultatio multitudinis ejus, et gaudimonium ejus erit in luctum.
34For I will take away the rejoicing of her great multitude, and her pride shall be turned into mourning.
35Ignis enim superveniet ei ab Æterno in longiturnis diebus, et habitabitur a dæmoniis in multitudine temporis.
35For fire shall come upon her from the Everlasting, long to endure; and she shall be inhabited of devils for a great time.
36Circumspice, Jerusalem, ad orientem, et vide jucunditatem a Deo tibi venientem.
36O Jerusalem, look about thee toward the east, and behold the joy that cometh unto thee from God.
37Ecce enim veniunt filii tui, quos dimisisti dispersos: veniunt collecti ab oriente usque ad occidentem, in verbo Sancti, gaudentes in honorem Dei.]
37Lo, thy sons come, whom thou sentest away, they come gathered together from the east to the west by the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the glory of God.
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